The businesses, nearly half of them individual Family Dollar stores, were required to obtain licenses under a law that went into effect in July.
Denver fines 23 retailers for selling tobacco without a license
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Denver mayor vetoes ban on sale of flavored tobacco products
“Our mayor chose profit over people,” said two councilwomen, who will ask their colleagues to override the veto at Monday’s meeting.
Denver City Council votes to ban flavored tobacco in 2023
The city plans to snuff out retail sales, with exceptions made only for hookahs and “premium” cigars.
Proposed flavored tobacco ban delayed, menthol exemption snuffed
The City Council moved the start date to 2023 and nixed a suggestion to allow sales at age-restricted and specialty vaping stores.
Denver’s ban on flavored tobacco to exempt hookahs, hand-rolled cigars
A vaping store owner said the measure, if approved by the City Council, would put his business “in a desperate situation.”
